The Embalmer
Peppino, a diminutive taxidermist with a reputation for sleaziness, meets Valerio, a handsome if artless much younger man fascinated by the trade. Peppino offers him a large salary to be his assistant—the job burgeoning into a budding friendship he mistakes for something more. When Valerio gets a girlfriend, their fledgling romance will be threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.
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Cast
29 people
Ernesto Mahieux
Peppino Profeta
Known for
Fort Apache Napoli
Generation 56k
Valerio Foglia Manzillo
Valerio
Known for
Naples in Veils
Elisabetta Rocchetti
Deborah
Known for
I Love You in All Languages of the World
L'amore è eterno finché dura
Lina Bernardi
Madre di Deborah
Known for
Kiss Me Again
Don't Move
Pietro Biondi
Padre di Deborah
Known for
Suburra: Blood on Rome
Marcella Granito
Manuela
No other roles listed
Beppe Arena
Proprietario officina
Also in
Roman Summer
Agrodolce
Bernardino Terracciano
Boss
Also in
Gomorrah
Vincenzo Puocci
Scagnozzo #1
No other roles listed
Renato Puocci
Scagnozzo #2
No other roles listed
Valentino Puocci
Scagnozzo #3
No other roles listed
Antonella Lori
Moglie boss
Known for
Too Neapolitan
Matteo Garrone Director · Ugo Chiti Screenplay Massimo Gaudioso Screenplay
Worldwide gross $384K · United States release October 12, 2002 · Produced in Italy
Box office
Worldwide gross
$384,336
Production
Fandango
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'imbalsamatore
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · May 21, 2002
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Italy · September 6, 2002
Theatrical
United States · October 12, 2002
Theatrical
France
January 14, 2004 · Theatrical
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